>So if it loses points for the lack of "extends", why doesn't Java for not having these? No one said it didn't :) In general, I personally prefer my languages

>So if it loses points for the lack of "extends", why doesn't Java for not having these? No one said it didn't :) In general, I personally prefer my languages explicit for a variety of reasons. There's a balance for sure, and one can go too far the other way. For example, I find Rust to be a shade too unwieldy for my optimum preferences, although I would overlook that to gain the safety benefits if I had the right use case.